A man who inspires me the most

Do you remember your early childhood days? What do you usually do?
Well, In my case, When, I was a small kid, I used to watch cartoons and I did that all day. I was a free soul. I can create anything anywhere in my dreams. It was so amazing, that time was so good. Some of my very favorites cartoons are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Popeye-The Sailor Man and Shinchan. Ahh, pretty nostalgic. Don’t you think so?

I am about to talk about a revolutionary figure who made such things possible. It’s none other than Walt Disney.
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film maker . A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments within the production of cartoons. As a movie producer, Disney holds the record for many Academy Awards earned by a private , having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included within the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
But, the journey to accomplish these insanely remarkable achievements was very hard.

Born in Chicago in 1901 and raised in Missouri, Disney was the fourth son among five siblings. His father, Elias, was a domineering figure who was allegedly abusive as he tried, unsuccessfully, to make ends meet for the family. To escape from his stressful circumstances, Young Disney found solace in drawing. He had watched his brothers runoff and forged the date on his birth certificate, he joined Red Cross in sept. 1918 as a ambulance driver.
His first cartoon business went bankrupt

When he returned home from war, Disney became an apprentice at a Kansas City art studio. Itching to set off on his own, he and his older brother Roy launched their own cartoon business, Laugh-O-Gram Studios, in 1920, but the company went bankrupt a couple of years later.
With the loss of his first business, Disney packed his bags, and with just $40 to his name, took off to Los Angeles to try his hand at acting. But he failed at that, too. He noticed that there weren’t any animation studios in California and persuaded his brother Roy to open a one. Not goodbye after, Disney found his first major success with the creation of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Disney's character Oswald was plenty lucky, becoming an enormous star in one-reel animation, but Disney himself would find his luck had run out. Traveling to New York to renegotiate his contract, he discovered that his producer had taken his team of animators from under him and that he no longer had any legal rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
But instead of fighting or revenge. He decided to walk away and, on his journey back to California he invented the Mickey Mouse.

After years of eating beans and driving up his debts, Disney finally brought Mickey Mouse to life on film starting in the late 1920s and earned his way back to the top of his industry. But it wasn't easy. Bankers rejected the concept of his famous mouse over 300 times before one said yes.
Even with the success of Mickey Mouse, Disney still faced challenges in keeping his business afloat. Not only was he overworked, but tensions with his employer — who eventually stole his longtime and best animator from him — led to Disney having a nervous breakdown.
After taking some time off with his wife to recuperate, Disney returned with a bold new idea: He would develop a full-length animation feature, which he'd call Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It would become a huge success at the box office, yet the films that followed — Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940) and Bambi (1942) — would end up being duds.

His animators went on strike during war II
If Disney didn't already have enough burdens to shoulder, more were on the way. His animators went on strike at the start of World War II and contributed to his mounting debt that ran upwards of $4 million dollars. After the war was over, his company was slow to rebuild, but during this time, Disney learned to diversify his business by turning to television, despite pressures from the film studios to stay on the big screen.
His gamble paid off. With the success of TV shows just like the Mickey Mouse Club and Crockett , Disney was ready to harness enough capital to launch his biggest venture yet: Disneyland.

The opening of Disneyland was called 'Black Sunday'
Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California. Like most of Disney's enterprises, it got off to a rocky start. Forged tickets were bringing more visitors than anticipated, adding to a line that trailed seven miles long. With temps soaring up to 100 degrees, the new asphalt was melting women's high heels, drinking fountains were defunct (thanks to a plumber's strike) and some of the rides malfunctioned. Critics blasted the opening of Disneyland, calling it "Black Sunday."
But as always, Disney's tenacity and perseverance turned his latest endeavor around. Disneyland became a colossal success, clearing out his financial debts, and to this day, operates as an integral part of his business empire.
Lastly, I would like to end it by his quote, he once said,” All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all the troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not know it when it happens, but a kick within the teeth could also be the simplest thing within the world for you.”